Method of making shoes



March 0 A. M. DEL VECCHIO 2,500,526

METHOD OF I MAKING SHOES Original Filed June 29, 1946 Patented Mar. 14, 1950 METHODOF MAKlNG SHOES Angelo M. Del Vecchio, Brooklyn,N. Y.

Substituted for application Serial No. 680,417, June29, 1946. This application June 14, 1948,

.Serial No. 32,939

.4 Claims.

This is a substitute for my application Serial Number 680,417, filed June 29, 1946, which became abandoned August 13, 19517.

This invention relates to shoes and slippers and more particularly to the method of constructing the same.

It is an object of the presentinventionto provide a method of construction whereby a toe piece can be built into the shoe with minimum effort and can be done at a stage in the process when there is little opportunity for the same to be positioned off center from its correct location.

'It is another object 'of the present invention to provide a shoe or sl pper with a toe construction without adding greatly to the cost of production of this type of shoe ,or slipper.

According to the present method a toe piece is sewed to the inner side of .the upper before any of the other shoe bottom parts are connected. This toe plate is then turned down to provide a means to which the inner sole can be attached as by-cementing, whereby to provide a continuous connection for the inner sole evenly about the toe of the shoe and internally thereof. Such a toe piece and the making of the connection of the inner sole therewith provides adequate room in the toe of the shoes for the location of the Wearers toes.

Simultaneously with or after the inner sole has been finally secured as by stitching, over the remainder of its periphery within the inner sole and by connection therewith, a welting is sewed to the exterior of the inner sole about its bottom edge, the stitching overlapping the stitching connection of the inner sole and the toe plate with the shoe upper when done after the securing of the inner sole. All parts including the shoe upper lower edge are rolled inwardly for the attachment of the bottom sole to the welting.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe or slipper constructed according to the present process.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the shoe upper with the toe piece attached.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken through the upper and toe piece as viewed along the f-lll 2 line '3-3 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows thereof.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken through the shoe upper after the inner sole has been stitched and cemented respectively to the shoe upper and the folded down toe-piece.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view taken throughthe slipper just after the welting has been secured to the outer face of the bottom edge of the upp r.

Figure 6 is across sectional view of the completed shoe after the welting has been turned down and the bottom sole attachedthereto.

Figure '7 is a cross sectional view taken transversely of the partially formed shoe at the stage in its manufacture as indicated on line l-l of-- Figure {i-thereof.

Referring nowtothe figures, 'l 2 --is a shoe formed according to the present process, having an up'-'-' per '58 and a bottom sole M. An ornamental'or' false shoe lacing i5 is secured to the forward part of the shoe'or slipper.

In carrying out the process, the shoe upper 13 is first formed and cut to shape in the manner shown in Figure 2. A reinforcing strip it pro vides a reinforcing about the top of the upperedge. At the rear as indicated at M, an interlocking connection is made between the side portions. To the toe of the upper it, there is secured a toe piece I8 as by stitching l9. This toe piece is located internally of the shoe upper (Figure 3), and is flush against the forwardmost end thereof.

Since the toe piece can be inserted while the shoe upper is open at the bottom, the toe piece can be properly centered on the upper.

The next step in the operation is to effect the securement of an inner sole 2! to the shoe upper and to the toe piece. The shoe inner sole has a downwardly turned flange 22 extending throughout the major peripheral length of the inner sole but relieved in the portion where the inner sole is connected to the toe piece since the connection there is made by a cementing operation. This feature of the construction is necessary in order that the toe piece can be retained folded down and out of the way of the toe of the wearer as it is pressed into the shoe. The stitching for securing the depending flange 22 of the inner sole to the bottom edge of the upper is indicated at 23 (Figures 4 and 7).

The forward end of the inner sole 2| is secured to the upper face of the folded down toe piece It by cement 24. This can be done either before or after making the stitching 23.

In the next operation, a welting 26 is secured to the exterior surface of the lower edge of the shoe upper by stitching 21 which will extend around the full periphery of the inner sole and through the toe piece [8. Preferably this stitching may be the same stitching as the stitching 23 which secures the inner sole and may be done at the same time. However, to strengthen the construction, the operation can be effected by a duplicate stitching.

The welting 26 is then turned down beneath the inner sole (Figure 6) and folded under to extend laterally of the bottom of the shoe to receive a bottom sole 28. The connection of the bottom sole 28 is preferably made by cement. At the time the welting is turned down and inwardly the flange 22 of the inner sole is likewise turned inwardly and likewise the bottom end of the toe piece I8 is turned inwardly whereby to provide strata of material layers. The welting will have become doubled about the outer face of the lower edge of the shoe upper.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is:

1. The method of applying a toe piece in a shoe which comprises providing a shoe upper and then securing the toe piece to the shoe upper and to the inner side of the bottom edge of the toe of the upper before other parts of the shoe are secured, folding down the free edge of the toe piece, securing the inner sole to the bottom ed e of the shoe upper and to the top face of the folded down toe apiece, securing a welting to the bottom edge of the shoe upper, to the inner sole and to the connected portions of the toe piece, and finally folding down the welting and securing the bottom sole thereto.

2. The method of forming a shoe with a toe piece which comprises providing a shoe upper, securing a toe piece directly to the toe end of the shoe upper before any of the remaining shoe parts are attached thereto, said toe piece being secured to the shoe upper interiorly thereof, folding down the free edge of the toe piece to a substantially horizontal plane, securing an inner sole to the shoe upper throughout the major portion of the same and to the folded down toe piece at the toe end of the inner sole in such a manner as to locate the toe piece under the inner sole, securing a welting to the shoe upper and finally folding down the welting and securing a bottom sole thereto.

3. The method of afiixing a toe piece to a shoe upper which comprises providing a shoe upper,

securing a toe piece about the toe of the shoe upper, simultaneously securing an inner sole and a welting to theshoe upper throughout the external periphery thereof, turning down the free edge of the toe piece, cementing the forward end of the inner soleto the top face of the turned down toe piece so as to conceal the toe piece beneath the inner sole and finally turning down the welting and securing a bottom sole thereto.

4. A method of afiixing a toe piece to a shoe upper which comprises providing a shoe upper,

stitching the bottom. of a toe piece'into th bottom of the shoe upper in the region of the toe portion thereof, folding down and maintaining the toe piece at an angle relative to the shoe upper and securing an inner sole having a depending fiange by stitching said depending flange to the lower edge of the shoe upper and by cementing the bottom face of the toe area of the inner sole to the folded down toe piece, stitching a welting about the exterior of the shoe upper, folding down the welting and securing a bottom sole thereto.

ANGELO M. DEL VECCHIO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are'of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,384,431 Beestrum Sept. 11, 1945 2,432,340 Schlecht Dec. 9, 1947 2,438,821 Quinn Mar. 30, 1948 

